Macropolygon morphology, development, and classification on North Panamint and Eureka playas, Death Valley National Park CA

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 73, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 309-322

  Messina, Paula ^a   Stoffer, Phil ^b   Smith, Ward C ^c  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Desiccation fissures; GIS; GPS; Playa; Quaternary; Surficial processes

Indexed keywords

GEOMORPHOLOGY; PLAYA; POLYGON; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE;

CALIFORNIA; DEATH VALLEY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 29144485373     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2005.04.011     Document Type: Article

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